Diary Entry #6: Narrative Structure

[Before music starts]

Slowed motion arguing between the male and female in the relationship in their house, no sound or voices, dark lighting, evening time – they then go to bed and fall asleep, male turns away from female in sleep.

[00:02-00:08]

Shot of the band in the warehouse, dark lighting, multiple shots e.g. close ups, master shots, close ups of instruments.

[00:08-00:25]

Shot of male and female in bed, effect of slipping into a dream state. In the dream he wakes up and the female is gone from the bed. He checks her phone and there’s a message from an unknown number. Female comes back in from the bathroom and he yells at her about the unknown number. She starts yelling back at him and snatches the phone from him, storming out of the room. Camera follows her out of the house’s front door and storm down the street.

[00:26-00:56]

Male sits with his head in his hands and looks at where the female was standing, with a look of regret on his face.  He remembers the text message and starts tearing up the bedroom, looking for signs that she’s cheating on him. He finds underwear under the bed and breaks down on the bed again. – Meanwhile there are multiple shots of the band performing the song whilst this is happening

[00:56-01:20]

Male then takes alcohol and starts drinking and smoking while waiting for the female to come home after work. She walks through the door and completely ignores him. He confronts her, trying to apologize for the accusations earlier but she shouts back at him and he gets angry again. He grabs her by the arm and she struggles to pull away from him – multiple shots of the band performing the song and shot of male turning in his sleep

[01:20-01:51]

He hits her and storms out of the house. The camera follows him to a bar where he starts drinking again. A long time passes until he comes back and he enters the house again – multiple shots of the band performing the song again

[01:51-02:13]

She is crying and is apologetic and he breaks down and says he’s sorry for hitting her. She admits that she’s been cheating on him and he enters tries to contain his anger as he storms back to the bedroom. She follows him, trying to explain how sorry she is.  At first he’s upset and tries to understand why she did it.

[02:13-02:24]

He yells at her again and starts becoming violent again. He grabs her and shakes her, demanding to know why she’s cheating on him. She’s crying and struggling away from him. Multiple shots of the band singing the song in the warehouse

[02:24-02:29]

Close up of the lead singer of the band singing the song

[02:29-03:13]

She tries to pull away and he ends up hitting her and she hits her head on the lamp. There’s a small amount of blood on her head. He realizes what he’s done and tries to see if she’s okay. She’s not breathing and he struggles for the phone and a camera shot shows him dial 999. Lots of close ups of his face in a panicking state. He sits on the edge of the bed and stares at the photo of the two of them where it looks like they’re in a happy relationship.

[03:13-03:37]

out of focus shot of him standing up and putting his head in his hands.  The band walk away from their instruments. The camera blurs back from the dream into reality and back to the couple lying in bed together. The scene at the beginning starts again, like déjà vu and the end is a close up of the male looking distressed.